Haelle, T. (2015, January 20). Five Things to Know About The Disneyland Measles Outbreak. Retrieved from http://www.forbes.com/sites/tarahaelle/2015/01/20/five-things-to-know-about-the-disneyland-measles-outbreak/#1e0012df273c.…
It is located in the lungs and bronchus, this causes rash and fever. It is contagious and in some rare cases fatal. If a child is exposed to measles they will almost certainly contract the disease.…
Reflect on Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness; a noble and common theme throughout various constitutions throughout the world and a staple in the constitution formed by the United States of America. Mandatory vaccinations are an invasion on the United States guaranteed constitutional rights as American citizens and in some cases can actually be more harmful to people than helpful (Walkinshaw, 2011). The harm that these mandates may cause is not strictly physical, but can also cause a strain or burden on company, government, educational facility, and the relationships of the individuals involved. Not all mandatory vaccinations are a terrible idea, however being forced to receive a vaccine that has no truly great value or benefit should carry no need for dictation.…
The 1989 Measles outbreak affected the U.S. tremendously. Not only the people’s lives it touched, but the medical world too. It took the lives of a number of people, created considerable hardship for those who recovered, and cost the U.S. a reported 30.9 million dollars to help fight the outbreak. The sad news is that it could have all been prevented.…
We have all seen and heard the stories nationally and locally on the topic of the measles vaccination. Most recently, Disneyland in December of 2014, 59 cases were documented due to an outbreak at the amusement park. Out of those 59 cases 34 had their vaccinations (www.quora.com). Locally, according to the Reno Gazette Journal on February 12, 2015, there are 27 possible cases and four of them are confirmed. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention state that measles is the most deadly of all childhood illnesses. We need to know our facts and be knowledgeable on the signs, risks, and potentials of getting this vaccine.…
Mortality: There are over 100,000 deaths yearly contributed to measles. The majority of those deaths occurred in India (WHO, 2014).…
The organization Healthy People 2020 establishes benchmarks while monitoring the progress over time (healthypeople.gov). They empower individuals to make healthier decisions while trying to prevent infection/illness, and they collaborate with different groups and organizations for the best outcome by using evidence base practice (healthypeople.gov). One of the most common vaccinations is the measles, mumps, and rubella also known as the M.M.R. A child receives this in two series between 12-15 months and 4-6 years old. Healthy People 2020 has an objective to reduce or eliminate the number of cases pertaining to mumps, measles, and rubella (healthypeople.gov). Children are more susceptible to illness due to immature…
Two doses of MMR gives 99 per cent protection against measles - the most serious of the diseases immunised against.…
Approximately 50,000 adults die each year from vaccine-preventable diseases in the US.”(National Foundation For Infectious Diseases). It's insane that the death rate of preventable diseases is so high because with one shot those who have died could be living right now causing epidemics to still happen today. Epidemics need to be stopped and vaccines could do it over time.…
Healthcare is indeed a right, not a privilege. We should have access to quality care and management regardless of race, religion, ethnic origin, or even sexual orientation.…
Since measles was declared eliminated in the United States after January 1, 2000, there have been 18 published measles studies and more than half had no history of measles vaccination. Of the 970 measles cases, 574 cases were unvaccinated despite being vaccine eligible and 405 had nonmedical exemptions (for religious or philosophical reasons). Among the 32 reports of pertussis outbreaks, which included 10,609 individuals ranging in age from 10 days to 87 years. However, several pertussis outbreaks also occurred in highly vaccinated populations, indicating waning immunity. A substantial proportion of the US measles cases were intentionally unvaccinated. Although pertussis resurgence has been attributed to waning immunity and other factors, vaccine refusal was still associated with an increased risk for…
The implementation of vaccinations in the U.S. has helped to eliminate many diseases. Vaccines can save a child’s life from disease such as measles, mumps, rubella, hepatitis B, pertussis,…
Vaccinations are supposed to protect humans from deadly viruses and help our immune system fight the bacteria’s off, but vaccines can also be deadly from the ingredients used and can actually lower our immune system. All medicine is not one hundred percent safe for humans. Since the time vaccinations have been given, over one hundred years ago, several have been recalled due to severe reactions or death to thousands of innocent people, including young children and infants. Vaccines have dangerous ingredients, deter what the immune system is supposed to do on its own, are given too frequently and have many serious side effects.…
The chances of your child getting a case of measles or chickenpox or whooping cough might be quite low today. But vaccinations are not just for protecting ourselves, and are not just for today. They also protect the people around us like some of whom may be unable to get certain vaccines, or might have failed to respond to a vaccine, or might be susceptible for other reasons. Vaccines also protect our children’s children and their children by keeping diseases that we have almost defeated from making a comeback. It is important to continue immunizing, even if cases of diseases are rare. If one or two cases of disease are introduced into a community where most people are not vaccinated, outbreaks will occur. In 2013, for example, several measles…
Now Most vaccine-preventable diseases are rare in the United States due to vaccinations, but they do still exist and affect people in other countries that can be easily brought to the United States, and all it would take for a harmful vaccine-preventable disease to come to the Unite States is an infected person from another country to come here or an unvaccinated person to go to another country and come back.That’s how the 2008 measles outbreak occurred in California, an unvaccinated child went to Sweden on vacation with their parents and contracted the disease and came back to the United States and got other children sick. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 90% of measles cases in the United States in 2011 were brought from someone from a foreign country.According to Dr.Jason McDonald "If you are unvaccinated and you come in contact with measles, there's a 90% chance you will get it,".When adults and children have not been vaccinated diseases spread more easily and rapidly in an environment, so everyone should be protected from these diseases just in case this happens and to prevent another possible mass epidemic from…
